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Chinese "Cancer Villages" : Rural Development, Environmental Change and Public Health /

The phenomenon of "cancer villages" has emerged in many parts of rural China, drawing media attention and becoming a fact of social life. However, the relationship between pollution and disease is often hard to discern. Through sociological analysis of several villages with different socia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Chen, Ajiang, 1963- (Autor), Luo, Yajuan, 1984- (Autor), Cheng, Pengli, 1977- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Wang, Wuyi, 1949- (Traductor), Holdaway, Jennifer (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Chino
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface to the English language edition / Jennifer Holdaway and Wang Wuyi
  • Retrospective thoughts on the 'cancer village' phenomenon / Chen Ajiang
  • The ins and outs of a 'cancer village' / Chen Ajiang
  • A Subei 'cancer village' / Luo Yajuan
  • Environmental change and health risks / Chen Ajiang
  • A Prosperous 'cancer village' / Cheng Pengli
  • Coexistence of poverty and cancer / Cheng Pengli and Li Caihong
  • Problematization and de-stigmatization / Li Caihong and Cheng Pengli
  • Behind the 'high incidence of lung cancer' / Li Qi and Chen Ajiang
  • Villagers' perceptions of and responses to the between cancer and pollution / Chen Ajiang and Cheng Pengli
  • Villagers strategies for mitigating environmental health risks / Chen Ajiang and Cheng Pengli.